Pain Recognition in Reptiles.
PAPERS | November 19-25, 2022 | |
Source: Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract 2023 Jan; 26(1). doi: 10.1016/j.cvex.2022.09.004Authors: La’Toya LV
Advances in reptile cognitive research would help to (1) better qualify behavioral responses to pain experiences, (2) monitor welfare impacts, and (3) model analgesic studies with ecologically relevant insight to better qualify interventional responses. The focus of future analgesic studies in reptiles require the continued elucidation of the opiate systems and the given variations across taxa in efficacy in nociceptive tests.
Pubmed ID: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36402486?dopt=Abstract